RENO, Nev.—Las Vegas’ six-time AARWBA All-America motorsports racer Rob MacCachren continues to hold the SCORE Overall and SCORE Trophy Truck point lead after the first three rounds of the five-race 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship. With tight battles in races on both sides of the border, most classes have at least two racers within 10 points for their class point lead and a total of just 27 points separate the top 10 SCORE Overall point leaders heading into round 4 at the 19th Rigid Industries SCORE Desert Challenge to be held Sept. 25-28 at the Coyne Powersports Motorplex in Imperial Valley, Calif.

ON CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR

Every race in the 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship and the special SEMA Show exhibition and qualifying for the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 are televised on a delayed basis in the USA and Canada as a one-hour special on the CBS Sports Network. The shows, produced by SoCal’s acclaimed BCII TV, air a minimum of twice on the CBS Sports Spectacular show. The initial airing of the upcoming Tecate SCORE Baja 500 will be at 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 20, 2014. Following the CBS Sports Network telecasts, the Tecate SCORE Baja 500 show will air worldwide in over 100 countries through international distribution.

MAC ATTACK

MacCachren, 49, a two-time SCORE Trophy Truck season point champion with 11 career SCORE Trophy Truck race wins and eight SCORE season class point titles, drives the No. 11 Rockstar Energy MacCachren Motorsports Ford F-150. MacCachren finished fourth in the season-opening Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 and with San Diego’s Andy McMillin pinch-hitting for him, he won the SCORE Imperial Valley 250 in late April. He finished fifth out of 37 starters in the marquee SCORE racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower, unlimited production trucks.

SCORE point rules this season allow for one replacement driver if pre-approved for an acceptable reason. MacCachren was racing in two classes over two days the same weekend at the Lucas Oil short-course off-road series and SCORE officials allowed a replacement driver. MacCachren has 244 points after three events.

TOP TRIO

Winner of the season-opener in March, Mexico’s Gus Vildosola Jr is second in SCORE Trophy Truck points and fourth in SCORE Overall points with 231 in the No. 21 Branix Mexicana Logistics Ford Raptor. Third in SCORE Trophy Truck points and fifth in SCORE Overall points is Clyde Stacy, Bristol, Va. in the No. 5 RPM Chevy Rally Truck with 228 points so far.

SCORE TOP 10

After three races, the top 10 in SCORE Overall points are separated by just 27 points. While SCORE Trophy Truck racers MacCachren, Vildosola Jr and Stacy are all clearly in the top 10 SCORE Overall point leaders through round 2, of the other seven in that group, one is in SCORE Trophy Truck and the other six are from three other classes.

SCORE points are calculated on standard start and finish points for a particular race along with a variable amount for placement points based on the number of starters within the racer’s class.

Second in SCORE Overall points is Cody Reid, 22 of Apple Valley, Calif., who is leading Class 10 with 240 points, just four behind MacCachren, in a Custom-Chevy. Reid, whose mother Shelby Reid is the driver of record for a team that is currently in third place in unlimited Class 1 points, has used consistent Class 10 finishes of third, third and second to move to the top of his competitive class that had a season-high 28 starts in the recent Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

After his second win of the season at the SCORE Baja 500, Class 19 point leader Marc Burnett, Lakeside, Calif., has moved up to third in SCORE Overall points with 234 in a Can-Am Maverick UTV.

Tied for fifth in SCORE Overall points with SCORE Trophy Truck racer Clyde Stacy with 228 points is Mike Lawrence, Sunset Beach, Calif., who is second in Class 10 points with one class win this season in a Chenowth-Honda

With 227 points, Class 1/2-1600 point leaders Kevin Smith, La Verne, Calif./Sammy Ehrenberg, Las Vegas who split driving time in a VW-powered Mirage 1600cc single-seat open-wheel race car are also seventh in SCORE Overall points. They veteran duo won this year’s Inaugural SCORE Imperial Valley 250 with a fourth-place finish in San Felipe to start the season and a third place podium placement at the recent Tecate SCORE Baja 500.

Tied for ninth in SCORE Overall points to complete the top 10 list through three races with 217 points each are the team of Christian Celaya, 20, Paradise Valley, Calif./Aaron Ampudia, 21, Ensenada, Mexico, in a Currie-VW in Class 1/2-1600 and Derek Murray, Eastvalle, Calif., in a Can-Am Maverick in Class 19.

MATNEY HEADS CLASS 1

Currently 11th in SCORE Overall points is another RPM Racing driver, team co-owner Justin Matney, of Bristol, Tenn., who won the first two races this year in the unlimited Class 1 in a Chevy-powered Geiser open-wheel desert race car. He also finished ninth out of 16 Class 1 starters at the recent Tecate SCORE Baja 500 and now has 214 season points.

TRIFECTA TANDEM

Two motorcycle racers have won their class in all three races on the 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship. Giovanni Spinali, Lake Forest, Calif. has won all three Class 40 races for riders 40 years and older on a Honda CRF450X) and Tony Gera, 19, Santa Cruz, Calif. has won the new SCORE Ironman motorcycle class for solo riders on a Honda XR650R.

Based in Bristol, Tenn., prominent RPM Racing was in the hunt with five of the vehicles they enter in this season. While Matney, 29, leads Class 1 in points, Stacy, 70, and SCORE Young Gun Carlos ‘Apdaly’ Lopez, 19 of Tecate, Mexico is third in SCORE Trophy Truck points and Juan C. Lopez is fourth. Derek Fletcher, Abingdon, Va. is second in Sportsman Buggy and Jim Bunn, Bristol, Va. is leading SPT Unlimited Truck with two race wins. For the SCORE Baja 500, RPM also entered a sixth vehicle team driver Eduardo Laguna, Mexicali, Mexico raced in the Trophy Truck Spec class where he finished third out of 10 starters in the class.

Following three rounds of the 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship, tied for the 2014 overall Pro motorcycle point lead with 215 points and three class race wins each are the age group team led by Giovanni Spinali, Lake Forest, Calif. (Class 40, Honda CRF450X) and SCORE Young Gun Tony Gera, 19, Santa Cruz, Calif. (SCORE Ironman, Honda XR650R).

MORE PRO 2-WHEEL LEADERS

In the Pro Open M/C class, the team led by Ricky Brabec, Oak Hills, Calif. (Kawasaki KX450F) leads with two race wins and 209 points.

Leading the Pro ATV racers with a pair of race wins this season is the team led by Javier Robles Jr, Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico on a Honda TRX450R.

SPORTSMAN

Winning the class in all three races so far in 2014, the top Sportsman 2-wheel point leader is the team led by Raul Hernandez, Tijuana, Mexico, (KTM 450EXC).

Tied for the Sportsman 4-wheel point lead with two race wins each are the teams led by Martin Hoffman, Capistrano Beach, Calif., (SPT Buggy, Brenthel-Chevy) and Jim Bunn, Bristol, Va. (SPT Unlimited Truck, Chevy Silverado).

SCORE DIRT LIVEHD GLOBAL

With viewers in over 100 countries, SCORE Dirt LiveHD presents live internet streaming from the event from pre-green to post-checker. Coverage includes live start and finish line interviews as well as live coverage from the many ancillary events tied to each race. On race day, live satellite tracking of all vehicles in the race is broadcast through the SCORE International website.

ON THE SCOREscope

In its 41st year as the world's foremost desert racing organization in 2014, the five-race 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship series, with three special events held in Baja California, Mexico, and two in the United States, started with the Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 on March 1. Starting and finishing in Ensenada, the 46th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 500 was held June 5-8 and the third SCORE Baja race, starting in Ensenada and finishing in La Paz, the 47th annual Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 will be held Nov. 12-16.

CBS Sports Network is available across the country through local cable, video and telco providers and via satellite on DirecTV Channel 221 and Dish Network Channel 158. For more information, including a full programming schedule and how to get CBS Sports Network, go to http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com. CBS Sports Network will run a one-hour special on all five 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship races as well as a sixth show on the special qualifying for select classes for the 2014 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 that will be held Nov. 4-7 in Las Vegas during the annual SEMA automotive industry trade show. All shows are scheduled to air in the next month following the event.

WEEKLY SCORE DIRT LIVEHD

SCORE Dirt LiveHD, SCORE’s weekly Tuesday night internet studio show from El Cajon, Calif., also goes on-site live with expanded event coverage during SCORE events. Live event coverage in 2014 will include week-long live coverage of the entire five-race 2014 SCORE World Desert Championship which includes two races in the United States and three in Baja California, Mexico. The final USA event of the inaugural SCORE World Desert Championship will be the upcoming 19th annual Rigid Industries SCORE Desert Challenge in Imperial Valley, Calif.

DAKAR CHALLENGE 2014

This year’s Tecate SCORE Baja 500 was identified as a qualifying race for special entry packages into the 2015 Dakar Rally in South America. Winners in car and truck classes would come from SCORE Trophy Truck, Class 1 and Class 10 along with another winning entry from Pro motorcycles (all with time adjustments). Mike Johnson, Santa Monica, Calif. (Class 10) and Tony Gera, Santa Cruz, Calif. (SCORE Ironman) were the two winners this year.

DIRT LIVEHD CREW

Desert racing public address announcer and former racer George Antill is the executive producer and host of the popular show. A guest host on some weeks is Dianna Dahlgren, Miss Monster Energy Supercross. A special segment most weeks is SCORE Tech Tips with SCORE Tech co-directors Jake Velasco or Art Savedra or SCORE Trophy Truck racer and prep-shop owner T.J. Flores.

Shaun Sauer, SCORE Media Production Manager, is the coordinating producer of the show. The program is hosted on ustream.com, the world’s largest streaming internet site.